The Military Court of Appeals rejected Sunday both appeals in the Elor Azaria trial, upholding the manslaughter conviction and 18-month sentence given to the former soldier who shot dead a neutralized Palestinian terrorist during his IDF service in Hebron.

TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday reiterated his support for the pardoning of IDF soldier Elor Azaria. In a case that rocked the nation here, Azaria was sentenced by an Israeli military court two days ago to 18 months in jail

TEL AVIV – An Israeli military court in Jaffa on Tuesday sentenced IDF soldier Elor Azaria to 18 months in jail for a manslaughter conviction over the shooting death of Palestinian terrorist Abdel Fatah al-Sharif on March 24, 2015.

The military trainer that shot and killed the terrorist who rammed his truck into a group of people killing four in Jerusalem’s Armon Hanatziv neighborhood on Sunday said that IDF soldiers on the scene were hesitant to shoot due in part to the conviction of IDF soldier Elor Azaria on manslaughter charges.

Much of the international news media is portraying the case of Elor Azaria, the so-called Hebron shooter, as a clear-cut episode in which an Israeli soldier killed a “neutralized” Palestinian terrorist in cold blood purportedly out of anti-Palestinian sentiment.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday evening said he backs calls to pardon an IDF soldier convicted of manslaughter for shooting dead an incapacitated Palestinian assailant, and described the conclusion of the months-long trial as “a hard and painful day.

Some 400 protesters rioted and clashed with police outside the Kirya IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv on Wednesday both before and after Sgt. Elor Azaria was convicted of manslaughter after shooting dead a seriously wounded terrorist in Hebron. At least four of the protesters were arrested.

An Israeli soldier who shot dead a wounded Palestinian assailant as he lay on the ground posing no apparent threat was convicted of manslaughter Wednesday after a trial that deeply divided the country.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologised Sunday after facing criticism for comments in which he seemed to compare a soldier currently on trial for manslaughter with troops killed in combat.

The Jerusalem Post reports: the IDF soldier charged with manslaughter for the fatal shooting of an immobilized terrorist in Hebron in March “admits to 90 percent of the case” and the onus is on him to prove his claims of self defense, the military prosecution said Wednesday in the ongoing trial of Sgt. Elor Azaria.

Ynetnews reports: Sergeant Elor Azaria, 20, from Ramla, the Kfir Brigade soldier who shot dead an already-neutralized terrorist in Hebron, was charged with manslaughter at the Jaffa Military Court on Monday. He was also charged with inappropriate behavior. The Jaffa